by Vöcks de Schwindt
A summer night's cycle of queer tales with tender playful music from the Renaissance takes us to Florence. Together with their protagonist, the stage directors duo Vöcks de Schwindt imagines the intimate relationships that men* cultivated there in great frequency and diversity around 500 years ago. It was said of them that they were happily 'florenzen'.
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In imagined stories and songs accompanied by lute music, we delve into a seductive world of l'amore masculino, friends with benefits and early modern daddies and twinks. While the German verb 'florenzen' historically referred primarily to gay sex, the piece explores with speculative imagination the emotional connections behind it. Immersed in stories of solidarity and friendship, a picture emerges of what everyday life in Florence might have looked like.
In the tradition of the longing towards Italy as a symbolic place of refuge, liberation and self-discovery, Vöcks de Schwindt bring with this music-theatrical storytelling the past into our present, searching for moments of beauty, closeness and vulnerability in a queer historiography.
Part of MONO:MONO
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Dates
April 2026
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